Comhrá: Conversations with Tom Keefe

To better understand both positive and negative community-building, it is imperative to study how heritage, or the perception of heritage, is created and transmitted. Subnational, national, and non-state actors have used the creation and transmission of heritage to promote worldviews that can build either positive or negative concepts of community. Examining not just one's own demographics (Stage 1), but to reflect upon the prioritization of demographic factors in the perception of self (Stage 2) is a fascinating exercise in self-awareness. The next step in understanding community-building and the concept of heritage is to compare personal demographic descriptors and prioritization in the creation of self to the demographic majorities in the general population or the population being studied (Stage 3). These exercises can increase our understanding of community-building and how it can be used both positively and negatively, to create and transmit heritage or the perception of heritage.

An overview of the wars and major military conflicts in American History.

A brief Op-Ed on my feelings regarding  the naming of U.S.Military Bases after Confederates and feedback from listeners/followers.

A brief overview of the highs and lows of the Presidents of the United States.

An introductory lecture on Jainism

A previously recorded lecture introducing Hinduism.

An overview on how to approach World Religions.

An entry point discussion on World Religions that includes the purpose of religions, elements of religion, and questions to keep in mind when studying comparative religions.

An exploration of the early indigenous history of Borikén and Spanish Puerto Rico as well as 120 years of American colonialism.

An exploration of the origin of the term "Jim Crow" and the Jim Crow Era, as well as an exploration of modern imagery that reinforces the politics and racism of the Jim Crow Era.